Dr David Tsiklauri

Research

Research Interests:

Current Research Interests:
Computational/solar/space plasma physics:
Large-scale, parallel HPC (Particle-in-Cell, Vlasov and Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)).
(1) Novel particle accelerator concepts, plasma wake field acceleration;
(2) Enhanced Dissipation of MHD waves in inhomogeneous plasmas;
(3) Collisionless magnetic reconnection;
(4) Particle acceleration by dispersive Alfven waves;
(5) Electron acceleration by Langmuir waves;
(6) Radio emission mechanisms from accelerated electrons;
(7) Radio data analysis of Type III solar radio bursts from the Chilbolton LOFAR Station;
Geophysics:
Stimulation of fluid flow in multi-phase porous media by acoustic waves in the context of:
(i) enhanced oil recovery and (ii) groundwater aquifer remediation.
Past Research Interests:
Astrophysics: Astrophysical signatures of the dark objects at centers of galaxies and the Sgr A*, nonbaryonic dark matter, heavy neutrinos, astro-particle physics.

Publications

• Boocock CM, Tsiklauri D (2019). A potential magnetic field calculator for solar physics applications using staggered grids. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834684

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57565
• Tsiklauri D (2018). New Regime of Plasma Wake-Field Acceleration in the Extreme Blowout Regime. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2018.2880602

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57562
• Mghebrishvili I, Zaqarashvili TV, Kukhianidze V et al. (2018). Association between Tornadoes and Instability of Hosting Prominences. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aac823

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57564
• Tsiklauri D (2018). Differences in 1D electron plasma wake field acceleration in MeV versus GeV and linear versus blowout regimes. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.5017178

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57563
• Tsiklauri D (2017). Electron plasma wake field acceleration in solar coronal and chromospheric plasmas. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4990560

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/24624
• Tsiklauri D (2016). Collisionless, phase-mixed, dispersive, Gaussian Alfven pulse in transversely inhomogeneous plasma. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4972574

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/24625
• Tsiklauri D (2016). The effect of a longitudinal density gradient on electron plasma wake field acceleration. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0630

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57561
• Thurgood JO, Tsiklauri D (2016). Particle-in-cell simulations of the relaxation of electron beams in inhomogeneous solar wind plasmas. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1017/S0022377816000970

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/24623
• von der Pahlen JG, Tsiklauri D (2016). Role of electron inertia and reconnection dynamics in a stressed X-point collapse with a guide-field. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628071

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/24606
• Tsiklauri D (2016). Alfven wave phase-mixing in flows Why over-dense, solar coronal, open magnetic field structures are cool. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527105

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11782
• Thurgood JO, Tsiklauri D (2015). Self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations of fundamental and harmonic plasma radio emission mechanisms. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527079

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11659
• von der Pahlen JG, Tsiklauri D (2015). The effects of ion mass variation and domain size on octupolar out-of-plane magnetic field generation in collisionless magnetic reconnection. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4916128

  
  

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• von der Pahlen JG, Tsiklauri D (2014). Octupolar out-of-plane magnetic field structure generation during collisionless magnetic reconnection in a stressed X-point collapse. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4885378

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2014). Three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation of linearly polarised Alfven wave dynamics in Arnold-Beltrami-Childress magnetic field. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4875920

  
  

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• Skender M, Tsiklauri D (2014). Whistler wave generation by non-gyrotropic, relativistic, electron beams. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4871723

  
  

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• von der Pahlen JG, Tsiklauri D (2014). The effect of guide-field and boundary conditions on collisionless magnetic reconnection in a stressed X-point collapse. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4861258

  
  

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• Pechhacker R, Tsiklauri D (2014). Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of electron acceleration by Langmuir waves in an inhomogeneous plasma. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4863494

  
  

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• Schmitz H, Tsiklauri D (2013). The effect of initial conditions on the electromagnetic radiation generation in type III solar radio bursts. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4812453

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/5380
• Pechhacker R, Tsiklauri D (2012). Electron cyclotron maser emission mode coupling to the z-mode on a longitudinal density gradient in the context of solar type III bursts. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4769104

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/4139
• Pechhacker R, Tsiklauri D (2012). The effect of electron beam pitch angle and density gradient on solar type III radio bursts. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4768429

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/4140
• Tsiklauri D (2012). Three dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of particle acceleration by circularly polarised inertial Alfven waves in a transversely inhomogeneous plasma. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.4745614

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2011). Particle acceleration by circularly and elliptically polarised dispersive Alfven waves in a transversely inhomogeneous plasma in the inertial and kinetic regimes. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.3633531

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2011). Galaxy rotation curves: the effect of (j)over-right-arrow x (B)over-right-arrow force.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s10509-011-0703-0

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2011). An alternative to the plasma emission model: Particle-in-cell, self-consistent electromagnetic wave emission simulations of solar type III radio bursts. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.3590928

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Pechhacker R (2011). Heating of solar chromosphere by electromagnetic wave absorption in a plasma slab model. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.3581052

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2010). Vlasov - Maxwell, Self-consistent Electromagnetic Wave Emission Simulations in the Solar Corona. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9660-y

  
  

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• Aschwanden MJ, Tsiklauri D (2009). THE HYDRODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF IMPULSIVELY HEATED CORONAL LOOPS: EXPLICIT ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/185/1/171

  
  

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• Umnova O, Tsiklauri D, Venegas R (2009). Effect of boundary slip on the acoustical properties of microfibrous materials.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1121/1.3204087

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2009). Missing pieces of the solar jigsaw puzzle. nameOfConference

  
  

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• Bian NH, Tsiklauri D (2009). Compressible Hall magnetohydrodynamics in a strong magnetic field. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.3159862

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2008). A new fast reconnection model in a collisionless regime. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.3029737

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Haruki T (2008). Physics of collisionless phase mixing. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.3023157

  
  

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• Bian N, Tsiklauri D (2008). Mixing of shear Alfven wave packets. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078717

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Haruki T (2008). Physics of collisionless reconnection in a stressed X-point collapse. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.2999532

  
  

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• Smith PD, Tsiklauri D, Ruderman MS (2008). Phase Mixing of Alfven Waves in Divergent Magnetic Fields. nameOfConference

  
  

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• Smith PD, Tsiklauri D, Ruderman MS (2007). Enhanced phase mixing of Alfven waves propagating in stratified and divergent coronal structures. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078218

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Haruki T (2007). Magnetic reconnection during collisionless, stressed, X-point collapse using particle-in-cell simulation. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.2800854

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2007). A minimal model of parallel electric field generation in a transversely inhomogeneous plasma. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1017/s1743921308014907

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2007). A minimal model of parallel electric field generation in a transversely inhomogeneous plasma. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/262

  
  

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• Aschwanden MJ, Winebarger A, Tsiklauri D et al. (2007). The coronal heating paradox. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1086/513070

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2006). A mechanism for parallel electric field generation in the MHD limit: possible implications for the coronal heating problem in the two stage mechanism. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20064816

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2006). MHD versus kinetic effects in the solar coronal heating: a two stage mechanism. nameOfConference

  
  

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  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11783
• Tsiklauri D (2006). A fresh look at the heating mechanisms of the solar corona. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/8/5/079

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Beresnev I (2006). Non-Newtonian effects in the peristaltic flow of a Maxwell fluid (vol 64, art no 036303, 2001). nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.029901

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Sakai JI, Yamamura W, Saito S et al. (2005). Particle simulation of plasma heating by a large-amplitude shear Alfven wave through its transverse modulation in collisionless plasmas. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/233

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2005). The Sun as a MHD generator: application of a new heating mechanism for the coronal loops and closed magnetic structures. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053167

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Sakai JI, Saito S (2005). Particle-In-Cell simulations of circularly polarised Alfven wave phase mixing: A new mechanism for electron acceleration in collisionless plasmas. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042436

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Sakai JI, Saito S (2005). Phase mixing of shear Alfven waves as a new mechanism for electron acceleration in collisionless, kinetic plasmas. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/079

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM, Arber TD et al. (2004). The Nature and Excitation Mechanisms of Acoustic Oscillations in Solar and Stellar Coronal Loops. SOHO 15 Workshop - Coronal Heating

  
  

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  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11781
• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM, Arber TD et al. (2004). Flare-generated acoustic oscillations in solar and stellar coronal loops. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040299

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Aschwanden MJ, Nakariakov VM et al. (2004). Radiative hydrodynamic modeling of the Bastille-Day flare (14 July, 2000) - I. Numerical simulations. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041088

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Aschwanden MJ, Nakariakov VM et al. (2004). Radiative hydrodynamic modeling of the Bastille-Day flare (14 July, 2000). nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20041088-1

  
  

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• Nakariakov VM, Tsiklauri D, Kelly A et al. (2004). Acoustic oscillations in solar and stellar flaring loops. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031738

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Beresnev I (2003). Properties of elastic waves in a non-Newtonian (Maxwell) fluid-saturated porous medium. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1023/A:1023559008269

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM, Rowlands G (2003). Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030062

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM (2003). A three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium. nameOfConference

  
  

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• Cooper FC, Nakariakov VM, Tsiklauri D (2003). Line-of-sight effects on observability of kink and sausage modes in coronal structures with imaging telescopes. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021556

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM, Arber TD (2002). A strongly nonlinear Alfvenic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021266

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM (2002). A three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021028

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2002). Phenomenological model of propagation of the elastic waves in a fluid-saturated porous solid with nonzero boundary slip velocity.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1121/1.1499134

  
  

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• Cooper FC, Nakariakov VM, Tsiklauri D (2002). Line-of-sight effects on observability of kink modes in coronal structures with imaging telescopes. nameOfConference

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM, Arber TD (2002). Nonlinear MHD waves in the solar wind plasma structures. nameOfConference

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM (2002). Phase mixing of a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic pulse. nameOfConference

  
  

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• Nakariakov VM, King DB, Tsiklauri D (2002). Slow magnetoacoustic waves in coronal loops. nameOfConference

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Arber TD, Nakariakov VM (2001). A weakly nonlinear Alfvenic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011415

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Nakariakov VM (2001). Wide-spectrum slow magnetoacoustic waves in coronal loops. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011378

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2001). Component thermalization time-scale estimate for the advection dominated accretion flow around Sgr A. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(01)00074-4

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Beresnev I (2001). Non-Newtonian effects in the peristaltic flow of a Maxwell fluid.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.64.036303

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2001). Probing the two temperature paradigm for advection dominated accretion flow: test for the component thermalization time-scale passed. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(01)00074-4

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11778
• Tsiklauri D, Beresnev I (2001). Enhancement in the dynamic response of a viscoelastic fluid flowing through a longitudinally vibrating tube.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.046304

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2000). On the gravitational stability of baryonic gas clouds in the background of dark matter. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(00)00035-X

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (2000). Kinetic model of three-component, weakly ionized, collisional plasma with a beam of neutral particles. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.873834

  
  

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• Munyaneza F, Tsiklauri D, Viollier RD (1999). Dynamics of the star S0-1 and the nature of the compact dark object at the Galactic center. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1086/308026

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Viollier RD (1999). Heavy neutrino ball as a possible solution to the "blackness problem" of the Galactic center. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00083-3

  
  

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• Munyaneza F, Tsiklauri D, Viollier RD (1998). Sagittarius A*: A supermassive black hole or a spatially extended object?. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1086/311770

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (1998). Jeans instability of interstellar gas clouds in the background of weakly interacting massive particles. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1086/306334

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Viollier RD (1998). On the formation of dark matter balls composed of degenerate, self-gravitating neutrinos. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1086/305833

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Viollier RD (1998). Dark matter concentration in the Galactic center. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1086/305753

  
  

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• Bilic N, Tsiklauri D, Viollier RD (1998). Gravitational phase transition of heavy neutrino matter. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6410(98)00004-0

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (1997). Two-component radiation model of the sonoluminescing bubble. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.R6245

  
  

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• Chagelishvili GD, Rogava AD, Tsiklauri D (1997). Compressible hydromagnetic shear flows with anisotropic thermal pressure: Nonmodal study of waves and instabilities. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.872298

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (1996). On the conical refraction of hydromagnetic waves in plasma with anisotropic thermal pressure: General consideration. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.871578

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D, Viollier RD (1996). On possible signatures of heavy neutrino balls in active galactic nuclei. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/mnras/282.4.1299

  
  

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• Chagelishvili GD, Rogava AD, Tsiklauri DG (1996). Effect of coupling and linear transformation of waves in shear flows.. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1103/physreve.53.6028

  
  

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• Tsiklauri D (1996). On the conical refraction of hydromagnetic waves in plasma with anisotropic thermal pressure. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1063/1.871780

  
  

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Supervision

Available PhD Projects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronal_Rain.ogv

http://earthsky.org/space/first-notable-solar-flare-of-2015

Topics that may form the basis of PhD projects in Solar plasma physics group are broadly related to: (i) The magnetic energy release in solar atmosphere (The Solar coronal heating problem) and (ii) Particle acceleration (e.g. in Solar flares, Earth magnetosphere Auroral zone, Tokamaks and Particle Accelerators as SLAC). The research work mainly involves large-scale numerical simulations (Particle-in-Cell, Vlasov and Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)). Research areas available for PhD study include:
(1) Novel particle accelerator concepts, plasma wake field acceleration;
(2) Enhanced Dissipation of MHD waves in inhomogeneous plasmas;
(3) Collisionless magnetic reconnection;
(4) Particle acceleration by dispersive Alfven waves;
(5) Electron acceleration by Langmuir waves;
(6) Radio emission mechanisms from accelerated electrons;
(7) Radio data analysis of Type III solar radio bursts from the Chilbolton LOFAR Station;

Recent and Current PhD projects include "Numerical and theoretical modelling of radio emission from solar flare electrons (Roman Pechhacker, started in 2010, graduated with PhD in December 2013)" and "Collisionless magnetic reconnection in X-point collapse (Jan Graf von der Pahlen, started in 2012)"

Possible future PhD projects include: any projects (1)--(7) above. This list is not exhaustive.
PhD applicants are welcome to explore my webpage
http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri,
read recent papers
http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri/sp.html and
then contact me for further details about these or other possible PhD projects.
See http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/phd/how-apply for how to apply for a PhD in Astronomy at Queen Mary.

Requirements: to be enthusiastic about the research!

This is not an exhaustive list and I would be happy to discuss other project possibilities.